Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Salicaceae | Genus: Populus | Species: Populus deltoides Marshall |
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| Synonym | Populus deltoides var, angulata(Aiton)Sarg, , Populus deltoides var. deltoides, Populus deltoides subsp. deltoides, Populus deltoides var. fremontn( S. Walson)Cronquist | Flower Color | Greenish |
| Common Name | Eastern cottonwood, cottonwood poplar | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Necklace poplar,Caroline poplar,cottonwood,eastern poplar,plains cottonwood,eastern cottonwood. | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Poplar | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1000m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Capsules ovoid, glabrous, green, splitting into 3-4 parts when mature; seeds cottony. |
| Habitat | Usually grows near rivers, with mud banks left after floods providing ideal conditions for seedling germination; human soil cultivation has allowed it to increase its range away from such habitats. | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Native of Canada, United States of America. | Bark Details | The bark is silvery-white, smooth or lightly fissured when young, becoming dark gray and deeply fissured on old trees. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Patiala-ki-Rao Reserved Forest, Sector 22, Sector 45, Sector 53, Sector 54 | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Cordate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree growing to 20–40 m tall, bark silvery-white, smooth or lightly fissured when young, becoming dark gray and deeply fissured on old trees. Leaves large, deltoid (triangular), base flattened), coarsely toothed, teeth curved and gland tipped, petiole flat; dioecious, inflorescence catkins produced on single-sex trees male catkins reddish-purple and female catkins green, seed capsules in early summer, which split open to release the numerous small seeds attached to cotton-like strands. | Leaf Details | Leaves large, deltoid (triangular), base flattened), coarsely toothed, teeth curved and gland tipped, petiole flat. |
